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早已

zǎo yǐ · zao yi

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Meaning

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  1. for a long time; long since
  2. (dialect) in the past
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The old cinema

  1. Dengdeng

    我们(wǒmen)去(qù)街角(jiējiǎo)那家(nàjiā)老(lǎo)电影院(diànyǐngyuàn)吧(ba)！

    Let's go to the old cinema on the corner!

  2. Liangliang

    那家(nàjiā)电影院(diànyǐngyuàn)早已(zǎoyǐ)关门(guānmén)了(le)，五年前(wǔniánqián)就(jiù)关(guān)了(le)。

    It closed long ago. It closed five years ago.

  3. Dengdeng

    真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？上周(shàngzhōu)我(wǒ)看见(kànjiàn)有人(yǒurén)进去(jìnqù)。

    Really? Last week I saw people going in.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)是(shì)一家(yījiā)新开(xīnkāi)的(de)花店(huādiàn)。

    That's a newly opened flower shop.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)招牌(zhāopai)怎么(zěnme)还(hái)在(zài)呢(ne)？

    Then why is the sign still there?

  6. Liangliang

    招牌(zhāopai)也(yě)早已(zǎoyǐ)没人(méirén)管(guǎn)了(le)。

    Nobody has looked after the sign for a long time either.

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2 examples
01

玛(mǎ)丽(lì)早(zǎo)已(yǐ)出(chū)发(fā)旅(lǚ)行(xíng)去(qù)了(le)。

Mary has already left on her trip.

Tatoeba: Chinese by bigfatpanda · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)种(zhǒng)方(fāng)法(fǎ)早(zǎo)已(yǐ)过(guò)时(shí)了(le)。

Those kinds of methods are out of date.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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早
zǎo

early; morning

已
yǐ

already; to stop

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